Comcast Ups HD VOD Offerings

Comcast this month is offering more high-definition video-on-demand options. New offerings include past seasons of “Weeds,” “The Office” and “30 Rock”; and the second episode of “Discovery: NASA Missions,” to commemorate NASA's 50th anniversary, as well as sci-fi titles such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starship Troopers and Serenity. Comcast currently offers more than 500 VOD selections in HD, and said it will have hit 8 billion VOD views (standard definition and HD combined) this month.